The following is a message for all DMPS juniors and seniors about attending Monday’s event at North High School: All DMPS juniors and seniors, along with a parent or guardian, are invited to join their peers at North …

The Council of the Great City Schools has announced that Des Moines School Board chair Cindy Elsbernd is one of four finalists for the Green-Garner Award, recognizing the nation’s top urban educators. The honor is presented each year, …

Thursday morning marked the beginning of a long, exciting adventure for DMPS preschoolers at four primary centers and eleven satellite school sites. (There are also thirteen community partner sites around the district whose calendars are staggered.) McKee is …

Minutes before Wednesday morning’s “Prep Rally” in the multipurpose room at Central Campus, Prep Academy Advisor Denis Hildreth talked about a one-on-one meeting scheduled later in the day, the kind the rally is designed to minimize. “There’s a …

Findley Elementary School isn’t steeped in tradition (yet). It’s anything but stodgy and far from New England. The walls aren’t covered with ivy and most of the students are the first generation of their families to attend there. …